Project Management

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Overview

Project Management is the process through which you execute and deliver a positive change in an organisation: to organise, plan, direct and control a project within time and on budget. It involves "hard" skills such as creating Gantt charts and undertaking Earned Value Analysis, and "soft" skills like managing inter-group politics and conflict.

Topics Covered

This interactive Short Course will be using "state-of-the-art"' project management practice and theory, as used by the Project Management Institute. You will be involved in case studies, class discussion and worked examples.

The specific areas to be covered are:

  • Integration Management ensures that the various elements of the project are properly co-ordinated.
  • Scope Management is controlling a project in terms of its aims, goals and objectives through the process of conceptual development, full scope definition or statement, scope reporting and control, and project close out.
  • Time Management is allocating time to every element of the project through the successive stages of its natural life-cycle.
  • Cost Management is maintaining effective financial control of the project.
  • Quality Management is the composite of material attributes (including performance features and characteristics) of the product or service
  • Human Resource Management is directing and coordinating human resources throughout the life of the project. It involves the application of the principles of behavioural science and administrative knowledge to achieve the predetermined scope, time, cost, quality and participant satisfaction.
  • Communications Management is ensuring timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and ultimate disposition of project information.
  • Risk Management is identifying, analysing and responding to project risk. It includes maximising the results of positive events and minimising the consequences of adverse events.
  • Procurement Management is acquiring resources in order to produce the end product.

Who should attend

People from all disciplines and backgrounds managing businesses or projects to achieve successful results.

Examples of Project Management-type activities:

  • New product launches
  • Plant relocation
  • Business or process restructuring
  • Introducing or upgrading new technology
  • Planning a wedding
  • Curating an exhibition

Outcomes

At the end of this two-day Short Course, you will:

  • Appreciate and apply the range of practical Project Management techniques within your organisation
  • Confidently manage a project at a satisfactory conclusion, within time and on budget

Related Courses

For managing multiple projects check out Portfolio and Programme Management.

What Participants Say

"I recently attended the Project Management course with Rob Verkerk and found it extremely insightful; Rob explained with great detail the role a Project Manager plays in delivering a strategic project. The content of the course is easily transferable to many workplace situations, giving clear visibility into what an effective project manager should do, and the process that should be followed. I had a particular interest in the session on managing conflict and negotiation; this is a skill every PM needs to have in their toolkit. I am looking forward to using these new tools and skills in my current role and contributing at a higher level to project success."

Shannon Thomas - Operations Support Manager @ Warehouse Stationery Ltd

"GANTT Charts have firmly been put in their place thanks to Rob Verkerk and The Project Management Short Course.

For me the course deconstructed a few Project Management myths, it gave me a much clearer view of where I should be concentrating my efforts, and gave a practical framework for running my future projects.

The course participants were from a broad cross-section of industries, from a mix of disciplines and backgrounds, and with varying degrees of Project Management experience which made for some great interaction and fantastic real life examples. Rob nurtured the group well, drawing on our experiences along with many of his own to make for a very interesting and worthwhile couple of days."

Vaughan Smidt - New Business Manager @ DB Breweries Limited

"Project Management with Rob Verkerk was incredibly valuable; it provided both solid academic material and practical real life examples. What struck me was how different this was from my time at university as an undergraduate. It was invaluable to get ideas and strategies to be able to implement immediately in my projects from someone with such a wealth of experience and knowledge."

Debbie Curtis - Product Manager @ Heinz Watties Ltd

Cancellation
Subject to unforeseen circumstances such as student demand and/or resource availability, The University reserves the right to cancel, or change the content, timing or method of presentation of any course.

All notification of withdrawals, transfers, and substitutions must be sent in writing via email to The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development Team at shortcourses@auckland.ac.nz. Full refunds can be obtained up to 30 days before the program start date. Due to the costs incurred for program preparation and administration, any cancellations or requests for transfers or deferrals received 14 days or less from the program start are subject to penalty fees as described below.

If you do not attend the course and have not advised us in writing or by email before the start date the full fee will apply.

Transfers: Transfer requests must indicate the new dates and/or new program the participant wishes to attend.  If the transfer request is made at more than 7 days from the original course dates - a service fee of $300 is applied, but the 50% cancellation fee is waived. A transfer request made with more than 14 days' notice can be made with no penalty. Transfers are valid only within one year of the original program start date. Your current cancellation policy is intact until you have attended your Short Course or the original penalty will be imposed.

All participant substitutions are subject to the sole discretion of The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development team.  Requests must be submitted in advance and will be reviewed on an individual basis, based on participant qualifications and lead time needed for any program pre-work.

Full enrolment is non refundable under these conditions:

  1. The registrant or substitute does not enrol in another program within one year of the original start date, and/or
  2. The registrant or substitute defers or transfers more than two times.

* The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development team is not responsible for travel or related costs under any circumstances. Participants may want to consider purchasing trip cancellation insurance in the unlikely event that a program is cancelled or they cannot attend for personal or professional reasons.

** For any program with more than two iterations in an enrolment year, tuition is non-refundable after 2nd transfer.

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